It has long been clear that the author of the cult book “Stranger in a Strange Land”, a reference book for the generation of “flower children” and which became a symbol of the entire emerging counterculture, the famous novel “The Door to Summer”, which has firmly taken its place in great literature next to “Wine from Dandelions" by Ray Bradbury and "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, went beyond the narrow boundaries of the genre in his work and became a writer of a universal scale. In this collection, Robert Heinlein plays in the territory of the famous dreamer Ray Bradbury - he plays and wins! Here you will find the most different and most unusual stories. This half-detective, half-fantasy story, The Troublesome Profession of Jonathan Hogue, is a story about the illusory nature of the world that surrounds us. The story "Our Fair City" tells the story of the friendship of a man and a strange creature living on the city streets. The book contains stories about lost and returned love ("The Man Who Traded Elephants") and about a house in which every door leads to an unusual one. places (“In a Crooked House”). And about how to return yourself, who has broken up into many doubles (“All of you, zombies?..”). And about that... However, open the book and find out for yourself.